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Tornado Warning 32, NWS Tulsa, OK

May 18, 2017Adair County, Cherokee County, Oklahoma

NWS Tulsa, OK issued this tornado warning at May 18, 2017, 11:00 PM CDT for Adair County, Cherokee County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 45 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 18, 2017, 11:00 PM CDT (04:00 UTC)
Expired: May 18, 2017, 11:45 PM CDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Tulsa, OK
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 0.75 in

Counties Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 18, 11:05 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	7 S Tahlequah, OK	TREES DOWN AND POWER OUT NEAR STATE HIGHWAY 82 AND CARTERS LANDING ROAD.
May 18, 11:15 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 Ne Eldon, OK	LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN. ESTIMATED AT LARGER THAN 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER JUST NORTH OF ELDON.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 18, 6:02 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 145 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 2055 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1439 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 2.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

803 
WFUS54 KTSA 190400
TORTSA
OKC001-021-190445-
/O.NEW.KTSA.TO.W.0032.170519T0400Z-170519T0445Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1100 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017

The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Northern Adair County in northeastern Oklahoma...
  Eastern Cherokee County in east central Oklahoma...

* Until 1145 PM CDT
    
* At 1059 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
  tornado was located 7 miles northwest of Cherokee Landing State
  Park, moving northeast at 55 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation. 

  IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
           shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. 
           Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree 
           damage is likely. 

* Locations in or near the path include...
  Tahlequah...                      Westville...
  Eldon...                          Proctor...
  Christie...                       Scraper...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

&&

LAT...LON 3601 9454 3569 9503 3577 9513 3581 9513
      3581 9516 3616 9480 3616 9473
TIME...MOT...LOC 0359Z 224DEG 49KT 3580 9503 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

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1 follow-up statement

109 
WWUS54 KTSA 190416
SVSTSA

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Tulsa OK
1116 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017

OKC001-021-190445-
/O.CON.KTSA.TO.W.0032.000000T0000Z-170519T0445Z/
Adair OK-Cherokee OK-
1116 PM CDT THU MAY 18 2017

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR NORTHERN
ADAIR AND NORTHEASTERN CHEROKEE COUNTIES...
    
At 1116 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado
was located over Eldon, moving northeast at 55 mph.

HAZARD...Tornado. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation. 

IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
         shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. Damage 
         to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree damage is 
         likely. 

Locations in or near the path include...
Westville...                      Eldon...
Proctor...                        Christie...
Scraper...                        

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

&&

LAT...LON 3581 9484 3598 9499 3616 9480 3616 9473
      3601 9454
TIME...MOT...LOC 0416Z 230DEG 49KT 3594 9483 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
HAIL...<.75IN

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Tulsa, OK issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 18, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee	43 min
May 18, 7:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	32 min
May 18, 8:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Creek, Tulsa	45 min
May 18, 8:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	24 min
May 18, 8:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Rogers, Tulsa	35 min
May 18, 8:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee	42 min
May 18, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner, Washington	48 min
May 18, 9:05 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa	115 min
May 18, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okmulgee, Osage, Pawnee, Tulsa, Wagoner	24 min
May 18, 9:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	48 min
May 18, 9:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okmulgee, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Wagoner and 1 more	49 min
May 18, 9:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Craig, Nowata	25 min
May 18, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Pittsburg	65 min
May 18, 9:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Pittsburg	42 min
May 18, 9:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	36 min
May 18, 10:00 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	McIntosh	30 min
May 18, 10:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Haskell, Latimer, McIntosh, Muskogee, Pittsburg and 1 more	57 min
May 18, 10:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Mayes, Muskogee, Okmulgee, Rogers, Tulsa and 1 more	38 min
May 18, 10:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Muskogee, Wagoner	37 min
May 18, 10:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Cherokee, McIntosh, Muskogee, Sequoyah	47 min
May 18, 10:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Mayes, Muskogee, Wagoner	38 min
May 18, 10:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Rogers	3 hr
May 18, 10:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, LeFlore, Mayes and 3 more	48 min
May 18, 11:01 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Wagoner	44 min
May 18, 11:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa, Rogers	48 min
May 18, 11:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	48 min
May 18, 11:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Delaware, Sequoyah	59 min
May 18, 11:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Delaware	43 min
May 18, 11:34 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	TSA	Adair, Delaware	41 min
May 18, 11:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	McIntosh, Pittsburg	48 min
May 18, 11:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	LeFlore, Sequoyah	42 min
May 18, 11:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Latimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha	62 min
May 19, 2:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Pawnee	44 min
May 19, 3:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	34 min
May 19, 3:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	32 min
May 19, 8:46 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Osage	23 hr
May 19, 8:46 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Osage, Tulsa	62 hr
May 19, 8:46 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Tulsa	71 hr
May 19, 8:46 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Creek	38 hr
May 19, 8:56 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Washington	71 hr
May 19, 8:56 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Rogers, Tulsa	4 days
May 19, 8:56 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	TSA	Ottawa	5 days
May 19, 10:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Tulsa	33 min
May 19, 11:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Osage	23 min
May 19, 1:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Muskogee	27 min
May 19, 1:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes	43 min
May 19, 2:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes	26 min
May 19, 2:21 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	TSA	Cherokee	3 days
May 19, 2:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Adair, Delaware	41 min
May 19, 3:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Adair	29 min
May 19, 4:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee, Okmulgee	27 min
May 19, 4:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Tulsa, Wagoner	42 min
May 19, 4:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	48 min
May 19, 5:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Wagoner	29 min
May 19, 5:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Mayes, Okmulgee, Wagoner	30 min
May 19, 5:16 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	TSA	Creek, Mayes, Muskogee, Okfuskee, Okmulgee, Rogers and 2 more	119 min
May 19, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Delaware, Mayes	2 min
May 19, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Delaware, Mayes	51 min
May 19, 6:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	8 hr
May 19, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Cherokee, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee, Ottawa, Wagoner	60 min
May 19, 6:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	TSA	Okfuskee	26 min
May 19, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	TSA	Creek, Okfuskee, Okmulgee	62 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.